Cycling advocacy consists of activities that defend the rights of cyclists to use the public right-of-way roads for travel, to improve the conditions for cycling, and to make cycling more popular. There are many organizations whose primary mission is to advocate for these goals. They are supported by donations, membership dues, and volunteers.

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Cycling advocacy organisations in the USA

• League of American Bicyclists- The oldest national cycling advocacy organization in the United States.
• Thunderhead Alliance - A national alliance of American bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations
• Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition - Promoting bicycling for transportation and recreation in Sonoma County California
• Transportation Alternatives - cycling advocacy group based in New York City
• Washington DC Area Bicycle Association - Cycling advocacy group based in Washington DC.
• Bicycle Transportation Alliance - Advocacy group based in Portland, Ore.
• Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition Cycling advocacy group based in Los Angeles, CA
• California Bicycle Coalition - statewide bicycling advocacy group based in Sacramento, Calif.
• San Francisco Bicycle Coalition - cycling advocacy group based in San Francisco
• MassBike - Cycling advocacy group based in Massachusetts.
• Providence Bicycle Coalition - Cycling advocacy group based in Providence, RI
• Bike Pgh - Cycling advocacy group based in Pittsburgh, Penn.
• Central Connecticut Bicycle Alliance - Hartford, Conn. and suburbs bicycle advocacy organization.
• ElmCityCycling - New Haven, Conn. bicycle advocacy organization.
• Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists - statewide bicycling advocacy group based in Phoenix, AZ.
• Cascade Bicycle Club - Bicycle advocacy and education organization based in Seattle, WA.

Cycling advocacy organisations in Europe

• European Cyclists' Federation, ECF - More than 40 members from 33 nations within Europe. The Thunderhead Alliance is among the associated members.

Cycling advocacy organisations in Australia

• Wheels of Justice - International cycling safety advocacy group based in Melbourne Australia
• Bicycle New South Wales - Peak community run cycling advocacy group in the State of New South Wales, Australia

Cycling advocacy organisations with a global scope

• Velo Mondial - Cycling as a daily mode of transport is widely recognized to alleviate problems and improve quality of life. There?s an urgent need to provide a suitable infrastructure to the growing use of bicycles.Velo Mondial aims to bring all international stakeholders together to create a higher-level synergy of expert knowledge to support the position of cycling planning on the agenda of local and national governments. Velo Mondial provides opportunities for cities to improve their support for cycling planning in order to achieve the benefits that cycling can offer. Velo Mondial organizes Cycling conferences with a global scope and participates in international projects.Recently Velo Mondial joined Spicycles promoting innovation in cycling planning. The Cooled Cycle Path in Qatar and the Beach Bike Boulevard are concepts from the heart of Velo Mondial.
• One Street - Serving leaders of organizations working to increase bicycling, including pedestrian, transit and social equity needs.

Cycling advocacy from other sources

• Cities for Cyclists - A primarily European network of cities exchanging know-how on the promotion of cycling.
• Cycling the way ahead for towns and cities - European Union booklet on Cycling, published 1999
• Kids on the move - Making Europe?s roads healthier for children. See also : ^[1]
• Bicycle Policy Audit A network of accredited bicycle policy auditors

Cycling advocacy in collaboration

Cycle to work campaigns

• Sykle til jobben This Norwegian campaign claims to have been running since 1973
• Vi cycler til arbejde The Danish campaign started in 1997. Now includes an online calculator for CO2 emission reductions
• Hjólað í vinnuna The Icelandic campaign started in 2003
• Bike to Work British Columbia Canadian regional campaign.
• Bike-To-Brown Brown University Bike-to-Work initiative, started in 2004.

Tax breaks and commute benefits

• http://www.cyclescheme.co.uk/ The UK scheme giving tax breaks for employers that supply bikes.

Cycling advocacy mixed in

• The European Mobility Week Runs each year 16.-22. September in many European cities. Promotions of Cycling and intermodality often plays a central role
• Transport and Health and the European office of the WHO - To the WHO it makes sense to promote activet transportation, especially when looking at Transport and health as an integrated policy field
• World Health Organisation pages on transport and physical activity

See also

• Bicycle law
• Critical Mass
• Community bicycle program

References

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